Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 21:28:12 -0800 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "Cstdenis" <cstdenis@voicio.com>, "Anirban Adhikary" <anirban.adhikary@123india.net>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: doubts on FreeBSD Message-ID: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNGENLFCAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <005a01c5ef59$d0971fe0$6501a8c0@chris>
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>-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Cstdenis >Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 3:42 AM >To: Anirban Adhikary; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >Subject: Re: doubts on FreeBSD > > >Same as any other *nix operating system. Basically just follow the >installation instructions with the program. Common basic ones are... > >untar it > tar -zxf file.tar.gz >cd into the extracted dir > cd file/ >run the configure script if there is one. > ./configure >and compile it with make or if necessary gmake > make > > >But, if a program is in the ports tree you are better off using >that unless >you have specific reason not to. > Most of the time - there are some ports that the authors make very strange decisions on, though. (ever tried the dspam port?) Ted
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